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Other
emergency aid
Alongside themobilisation of
store employees, the Carrefour
Foundation also provides support
for victims during emergency
situations.
In 2015, heavy flooding hit the
north-east of Argentina. The
equivalent of €42,000 worth of
supplies weremade available to
victims, essentially drinking water
and toiletries, via
partner NGOs
and the
local municipal authorities.
Also, when floods struck Italy,
the Carrefour Foundation helped
to reinforce the work of
Caritas
by providing non-perishable foods
as well as cleaning products
and toiletries.
And finally, during the storms
that hit the south of France
in October 2015, emergency
aid worth €100,000 was made
available to
Secours populaire
français
to help pay for materials
to clean up affected housing as
well as to buy hygiene products
and equipment for victims.
On December 20, 2015,
a landslide engulfed 33 buildings
in Shenzhen, just outside
Hong Kong.
The
Shenzhen Charity Federation
immediately contacted staff
at Carrefour China, who loaded
palettes with fresh water, blankets,
winter clothing, food andmedical
supplies, thanks to emergency
aid worth €42,500 from the
Carrefour Foundation.
Emergency humanitarian aid
for refugees
EUROPE –
The Carrefour Foundation also contributed
to programmes that offer social, logistic and financial
support for NGOs working on the accompaniment and
integration of displaced people.
In Belgium, as a complement to the ongoing partner-
ship between
Samusocial
, the Red Cross and Carrefour
stores, which enables essential supplies to be collected
and distributed, the Carrefour Foundation paid for the
employment of two Arab-speaking workers in order to
improve the quality of the support offered by the
outreach teams.
In Spain, the Red Cross offers emergency accommoda-
tion and medico-psychosocial support for a minimum
of eighteen months to migrants to help them settle
into the host country, thanks to a grant of €150,000
from the Foundation.
The Carrefour Foundation also supports the work of
Secours populaire français
to provide accompaniment,
donations of food and clothing, toiletry kits and help
with administrative formalities.
The Foundation’s support made it possible tomeet the
food requirements of 150 families during the first
months following their arrival.
Formoreinformation,see
www.fondation-carrefour.org15
“In order to
respond
to the current
migration
situation,
we need a
common
asylum policy.”
XAVIER EMMANUELLI,
BOARD MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION